Name Legacy

Baby names in Nevada, 2000s

2000–2009 · 251,514 recorded births

Anthony was the most common name given in Nevada across the 2000s, with 2,436 births in the decade. The state recorded 251,514 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nevada in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Evelin103
Tenaya13
Alondra433
Yoselin85
Brayan191
Aylin86
Jenifer67
Leilani191

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Anthony2,436
#2Jacob2,120
#3Daniel1,994
#4Michael1,930
#5Angel1,901
#6Joshua1,811
#7Christopher1,750
#8Emily1,661
#9Alexander1,650
#10David1,605
#11Jose1,548
#12Joseph1,525
#13Matthew1,484
#14Brandon1,476
#15Alexis1,447
#16Andrew1,443
#17Ethan1,429
#18Christian1,424
#19Madison1,393
#20Ryan1,392
#21Tyler1,378
#22Jonathan1,350
#23Isabella1,342
#24Ashley1,324
#25Jordan1,233

Other decades in Nevada

All Nevada names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org